McConaughey has revealed he will not return to reprise his role as Rustin "Rust" Cohle if there is a second season and now Brad Pitt is being linked to the role.

Hollywood Life reports that the 12 Years a Slave Star has "come up many times" with the producers, but the report claims his involvement in the TV series filmed for HBO would depend on his other commitments.

Earlier Brad has revealed he wants his children to be "proud" of his work.

The 50-year-old actor - who raises Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, seven, and twins Knox and Vivienne, five, with fiancee Angelina Jolie - admits these days, his career choices are based on whether he will be happy to show the movie to his six kids when they get older.

He said: "The key for me [when choosing a film] is to leave something behind that will make my kids proud.

"I want to be able to show my films to my children and say, 'Your daddy made this.' "

The 'Moneyball' actor admits he struggled early in his career because he felt "lost" and took too much advice from other people, but he is now much more confident in the choices he makes.